Collar for garments.



S. A. MYERS.

COLLAR FOR 'GARMENTS.

APPLICATIONTILED JAN-2. 1912.

1,156,090. Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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COLLAR FOR GARMENTS.

1 v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0013.12, 1915.

Application filed January 2, 1912. Serial No. 668,955.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, SAMUEL A. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collars for Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in collars for garments.

More particularly it is the object of the invention to eliminate certain defects that are characteristic of collars as heretofore constructed on rubberized garments, such as raincoats and the like, as will hereinafter more fully appear; and also to produce the improvements in collars which characterize the structure hereinafter described.

It is especially characteristic of rubberized garments that when worn in the summer or under weather conditions of humidity in the atmosphere, or of relatively high temperature, the portion of the collar which is adjacent to' the back of the wearers neck becomes blackened. This discoloration is so diflicult to remove that it is practically permanent, and especially in cases where the exterior of the material forming the garment is of hard twisted cotton, the rubber protection being beneath the surface.

The objects of the invention are attained by the structure illustrated in the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view of a complete collar attached to a garment and embodying the invention; and Fig. 2 is a section through the collar showing the construction thereof with the proportions of some of the parts somewhat exaggerated for clearness of illustration.

In the drawings 10 represents a raincoat of rubberized material having a top collar 11. It is the fold 12 of this top collar which is to be protected. The under collar is marked 13 and may be attached to the top collar in any suitable way, the method illus trated being by stitching at 14, the top and under collars being united by rubber cement on the line 15 if desired. The outside stand of the collar 16 is of any useful or suitable material fastened to the under collar in any suitable way, the method illustrated being by stitching at 17. The under edges of the inside stand 18 and the outside stand 16 may be attached to the body of the garment in any customary or suitable way, that illustrated being by sewing the inner stand thereto at 19 and by cementing the bottom edge of the outside stand thereto at 20, thus covering the stitches at 19. The inside stand of the collar 18 is the feature to which attention is particularly directed. This stand, unlike the adjacent parts of the collar, is not made of rubberized material, but consists of an absorbent material such as a woolen fabric, and its upper end extends to a position near the fold 12, and projects somewhat from the adjacent surface of the top collar so that it occupies a position to the left as seen in Fig. 2 from the surface of the top collar as at 18. This portion 18 of the collar, rather than the portion 12 of the collar, comes into contact with the neck of the wearer. The result is that moisture on the wearers neck, caused by perspiration or otherwise, is absorbed by the part 18 of the absorbent stand, and is by capillary attraction carried down in the main portion of the stand where it is dissipated in a harmless manner.

It is my theory that the objectionable features which appear at the fold 12 in the wearing of rubberized coats as heretofore constructed have been due to the contact of the hard twisted or rubberized cotton and therefore non-absorbent exterior of the top collar at 12 with the neck of the wearer, impurities being thus picked up and laid as a concentrated deposit at said fold; while in the invention herein described, the concentration is prevented by the absorbent and capillary features of the inside stand; and the point of contact with the wearers neck is made to be at the top part of the stand, instead of at the fold of the top collar, because of the slight projection of the stand, which, as illustrated, is emphasized by the conjunction of seams at that point; and the evaporation of the moisture thus absorbed is facilitated by the distribution of it which occurs through the capillary action of the stand. At the same time the contact of the soft absorbent material at 18 with the Wearers neck is notably more comfortable than that of the rubberized fabric which forms the collar proper; while if there grow in time an accumulation of matter at the point 18 that is less visible when the collar is worn than if it were, as heretofore, at the fold 12; and it is upon a portion of the collar which can be removed and replaced by fresh material at much less expense and with less cost of material than the top collar 11 can be replaced as has heretofore been necessary.

I claim 7 In a collar for a coat, the combination of a non-absorbent fabric forming the outside and the crest of the collar; a body of absorbent material forming a secondary crest, on the inner side of the collar projecting in- Ward toward the Wearers neck close to and parallel With the said crest of non-absorbent material, and guarding the latter from con tact with the neck; and a body of absorbent material connected With said secondary crest and normally free from contact With the 15 SAMUEL A. MYERS.

Witnesses:

EVERETT E. KENT, JOSEPH T. BRENNAN.

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